Elgin Baylor is out as vice president of basketball operations with the Los Angeles Clippers, and coach Mike Dunleavy will assume his responsibilities as general manager.
Dunleavy said Baylor had decided to resign after 22 years as an executive with the team.
"We greatly appreciate Elgin 's efforts during his time with the Clippers, and we wish him the very best," owner and chairman of the board Donald Sterling said in a statement issued Tuesday.
But in an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Baylor, 74, hinted the parting was less than harmonious.
"There is a dispute, and on the advice of my attorney they did not want me to discuss it," he said. "That's all I can say."
Baylor became vice president of basketball operations with the Clippers in 1986 after a Hall of Fame playing career with the Lakers.
